NHI brings more than 100 future leaders from U.S. and Central America to St. Francis University
A diverse group of more than 100 students — hailing from up and down the eastern seaboard, as well as the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Puerto Rico — came to St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania, from June 28 to July 3, to convene the 2024 edition of National Hispanic Institute’s Northeast Great Debate. The […]
Midwest Great Debate encourages 100 students from Mexico and the U.S. to be ‘best versions of themselves’
About 100 students, including a considerable contingent from Mexico, descended on the Quad Cities for the 2024 edition of the Midwest Great Debate, held at Augustana College from July 2-7. Luis Jauregui, Educational Director of the program and an Augustana graduate, noted, “Slowly, as the week progressed, you could slowly start to see them all […]
Concordia and NHI: A partnership that goes back more than 40 years
Even without the Texas LDZ, Concordia University Texas played a pivotal role in the early history of the National Hispanic Institute. In 1982, the three-year-old nonprofit organization, under Ernesto Nieto and Gloria de Leon’s leadership, was offered the opportunity to rent space on its Central Austin campus just north of the University of Texas, just […]